FOOTNOTES:[81]Lieutenant-colonel the Hon. sir Alexander Gordon was sent, escorted by captain John Grey’s troop of the 10th hussars, to ascertain the real line of retreat of the Prussians, and to communicate with their head-quarters, as to cooperation with the British army, which was ordered to retire to the position in front of Waterloo.[82]Most writers on Waterloo, particularly those from St.-Helena, appear totally ignorant of the existence of this road.[83]Art of War, page 598.
[81]Lieutenant-colonel the Hon. sir Alexander Gordon was sent, escorted by captain John Grey’s troop of the 10th hussars, to ascertain the real line of retreat of the Prussians, and to communicate with their head-quarters, as to cooperation with the British army, which was ordered to retire to the position in front of Waterloo.
[81]Lieutenant-colonel the Hon. sir Alexander Gordon was sent, escorted by captain John Grey’s troop of the 10th hussars, to ascertain the real line of retreat of the Prussians, and to communicate with their head-quarters, as to cooperation with the British army, which was ordered to retire to the position in front of Waterloo.
[82]Most writers on Waterloo, particularly those from St.-Helena, appear totally ignorant of the existence of this road.
[82]Most writers on Waterloo, particularly those from St.-Helena, appear totally ignorant of the existence of this road.
[83]Art of War, page 598.
[83]Art of War, page 598.